Lake Mohave, reservoir on the Colorado River between the Hoover Dam and Davis Dam in Nevada and Arizona, United States
Lake Mohave is a reservoir on the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Davis Dam, forming the Nevada–Arizona border. It runs 67 miles (108 km) through Cottonwood Valley, reaches a maximum width of 4 miles (6.4 km), and covers 28,260 acres at an elevation of 647 feet.
The lake was created in 1953 when the Davis Dam was completed to control the Colorado River for irrigation and power generation. This project transformed the landscape of the southern Mojave Desert.
The shoreline is accessible via several roads, particularly from the Arizona Strip to the north and Route 95 to the west. Fall and spring offer the most comfortable conditions for visiting, as summer brings extreme desert heat.
Lake Mohave holds one of the largest and most genetically diverse wild populations of the endangered razorback sucker. Each spring, biologists use underwater lights to collect about 30,000 larvae along the shore, then boat them to Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery, where they grow for up to three years until roughly 14 inches long.
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